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Monday, March 16, 2015

Savings From Organising LTdL 2015 To Be Used For Cycling Development - Khairy

KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 (Bernama) -- Part of the RM9 million saved by
the reduction in the cost of organising the Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL)
2015 will be used for the development of cycling programmes said Youth
and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

Khairy said the development programmes would start soon, focusing on programmes involving juniors and schools.

He said last year the Ministry had approved an allocation of RM19
million to organise the LTdL but the amount was reduced to RM10 million
this year.

"I made the decision to use the money saved (RM9 million) to organise
development programmes for cycling because the money saved was from
cycling. Therefore it must be maintained for the benefit of cycling," he
told reporters after the final stage of the LTdL 2015 at Dataran
Merdeka, Sunday.